CASE STUDIES
Creating an energy system that’s good for people and good for the planet.
We install and manage large roof-mounted renewable energy generation projects on businesses, schools, and communities all over Oxfordshire, as well as supporting communities with energy efficiency projects. We also work with project partners on Innovation Pilots that move community energy forward.
Below you’ll find case studies of our renewable energy installations, community stories of people driving change at a local level, and our collaborative innovation projects, accelerating the transition to a net zero energy system.
You could even use these case studies as inspiration for creating your own low carbon projects!
ProjectRay Valley Solar
The largest community-owned ground mount solar park in the UK. In July 2022 Ray Valley Solar was connected to the national electricity grid. The largest community-owned solar park in the UK is commissioned and starts generating clean energy. Low Carbon Hub’s first ground mount solar park Ray Valley Solar is Low Carbon Hub’s first ground…Find out more
Acro Aircraft Seating
Acro Aircraft Seating, are now home to a rooftop solar PV array generating clean, green electricity right on site. The 440 solar panels are set to generate nearly 170,000 kWh of clean energy every year, making it one of the largest community-owned renewable energy projects installed and managed by Low Carbon Hub. This renewable energy…
Green Narrowboats
Green Narrowboats model an approach to electric narrowboat conversion that reduces emissions and pollution. The traditional narrowboat has long been an iconic part of Britain’s inland waterways, and in the current climate the environmental impact of these boats are being reconsidered. The emissions from their, often diesel, engines and the pollution caused by oil leaks…
Oxford Bus Company Cowley Depot
How can batteries and energy storage operate in a flexible system? The batteries at Oxford Bus Company’s Cowley Depot were utilised in trials to better understand how energy storage can benefit, and operate within, a local flexibility market. Background The Oxford Bus Company (OBC) operates a fleet of 160 buses and coaches with the lowest…
Oxfordshire County Library – a potential battery
This trial aims to learn if it’s possible to use buildings as batteries to provide flexibility to the electricity network. Background Project LEO is investigating how buildings can be used as batteries to provide flexibility in a low carbon future. LEO partners, Oxfordshire County Council and the University of Oxford, are working together to test…
Sandford Hydro trials
How can we store electricity generated by the hydro? This trial is looking to see if we can use the river as energy storage and provide flexibility to the energy network. Background Sandford Hydro is a hydroelectric power plant on the River Thames near the village of Sandford, just south of Oxford. In 2016 Low…
Electrogenic
Electrogenic retrofit classic cars with electric engines. From The Ground Up Oxfutures was able to provide funding to support the commercialisation of Electrogenic when it was a new start-up looking to prototype the development of retrofitting a classic car with an electric motor. In 2018, they were awarded one of our grants to help develop…
EcoSync
EcoSync are aiming, through innovative technology, to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings by 40%. Their solution: stop heating empty rooms. They have successfully applied to OxFutures GreenFund for funding to continue developing their technology. The Project EcoSync are aiming, through innovative technology, to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of…
Oxford River Cruises
Oxford River Cruises received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to convert their fleet to electric propulsion. I want my businesses to do everything possible to minimise their environmental impact, and, if we can, demonstrate the effectiveness of clean energy technologies to other boaters so that they have increased confidence in making the switch themselves. Giles…
EV Carshop
EV Carshop are a one stop shop for electrification of business car fleets. The Project EV Carshop are electrification specialists who provide Electric Cars, Vans, Charging and ‘Know How’ to businesses motivated to electrify their fleets. Their turnkey transition solution was engineered specifically for businesses. Firstly, identifying where electrification represents an immediate opportunity for cost…
Hook Norton Community Housing
A GreenLab pilot demonstrator of how a smart, local energy system can be integrated into a rural community housing project. The Project With our population growing, we need to ensure we have enough homes for all. However, many new housing developments build homes which are not affordable for everyone, and which don’t take sustainability into…
Duffin Associates
Duffin Associates are developing a new solar PV tracker to maximise efficient generation of solar panels The Project Since 2005 Duffin Associates Limited (DAL) has brought together small teams of specialists with low carbon experience to deliver specific project needs. DAL’s experience is in the field of commercialising low-carbon technologies acting in a variety of…
Seacourt Printing
Seacourt is the UK’s most sustainable printing company based in Oxford. They got in touch with OxFutures for a grant to develop a roadmap to sustainability for all businesses to follow. The Organisation Seacourt have been printing in Oxford since 1946 and have been a sustainability trailblazer since they realised just how damaging the printing…
3Keel Sustainability Advisors
3Keel received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install new heating and light systems to reduce energy consumption. The Project 3Keel are an Oxford-based sustainability consultancy committed to making food systems, supply chains, and landscapes fit for the futures. We welcomed the opportunity to improve the impact of an existing UK office by investing in…
Rose Hill battery trials
How can a battery increase flexibility for a community? This trial aims to understand how a small battery can provide flexibility to the energy network. Background Rose Hill is a residential area on the Southern outskirts of Oxford. The road is part of a historic route from Oxford to London via Henley, running parallel to…
Rose Hill Smart Fair Neighbourhood Project
The Rose Hill Trials formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These were six sets of local trials that explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair way for…
Springfield Meadows Smart and Fair Neighbourhood
The Springfield Meadows trial formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These were six sets of local trials that explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair way for…
Westmills Smart and Fair Neighbourhood
The Westmills trial formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These were six sets of local trials that explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair way for everyone.…
Eynsham Smart Fair Neighbourhood Project
The Eynsham Trials formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These six sets of local trials explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair way for everyone. While the…
Osney Supercharge Smart and Fair Neighbourhood
The Osney Supercharge trial formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These were six sets of local trials that explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair way for…
Deddington and Duns Tew Smart and Fair Neighbourhood
The Deddington and Duns Tew trial formed part of Project LEO’s Smart Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) projects. These were six sets of local trials that explored how Smart Community Energy Scheme (SCES) business models can sit at the heart of a smart, low-carbon, locally balanced energy system, creating opportunities and benefits in an equitable and fair…
The Abbey Sutton Courtenay
The Abbey Sutton Courtenay have been improving the energy efficiency of their guest house following an OxFutures energy assessment and recent funding awarded from GreenFund to help them fund the installation of the measures. The audit really helped us think clearly and make the case for change we were delighted to win the funding to make it all…
Shed Oxford
Volunteer organisation, Shed Oxford, received a grant from GreenFund to improve the energy efficiency of their community workshop. Access to a disused tractor shed at The Abbey has granted us a great opportunity to create a new on-site, well-appointed workshop space. As our south facing wall doesn’t have windows, being able to pre-warm the Shed…
The Folly
Central Oxford, riverside restaurant received a free energy assessment and decided to install an energy saving induction oven to save gas and prevent overheating. The Project The Folly restaurant received a free energy assessment that outlined the measures they could take to reduce their energy use and cut their bills and carbon footprint. To save…
Thames Cryogenics
Early 1990s industrial park building gets an upgrade with LED lighting throughout. The Project Thames Cryogenics are based in an early 1990s industrial park building with a workshop, offices and storage. Following a free energy assessment Thames Cyrogenics learnt that by upgrading their lighting systems from fluorescent tubes to LEDs they could reduce their energy bills…
Hill End
Hill End outdoor learning centre received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install secondary glazing in their dormitory buildings. “This project has meant that we can do more of the Outdoor Learning that we were set up to do.” David MillinHill End The Project Hill End has been offering unique outdoor learning experiences since the…
Higgs Group
Higgs Group printing and publishing company received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install new lighting and insulation to increase the energy efficiency of their building. The Project Higgs has been the leading printing and publishing company in Henley on Thames for over 100 years. They provide quality print and publishing services to businesses in…
Pietersen Fine Furniture
Pietersen Fine Furniture received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install a biomass heating system to save carbon emissions. The Project Pietersen Fine Furniture Ltd specializes in the manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and fitted interiors. For over 20 years they have been producing traditional and contemporary cabinetry and specialist interior joinery. In 2018…
Chapman Robinson & Moores
Chapman Robinson & Moores received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install an air source heating system to make the space a more welcoming environment for employees. The Project Chapman Robinson and Moores (CRM) are one of Oxfordshire’s leading providers of accountancy and proactive business advisory services. The motivation for getting in touch with OxFutures…
Ewelme Watercress Beds
This nature reserve was awarded an OxFutures grant to install solar panels on their south-west facing roof. The Site The hub of the British watercress industry in the 20th Century, Ewelme is a picturesque and historical 6.5 acre site which has been owned by the Chiltern Society since 1992 and is conserved beautifully by volunteers.…
Magdalen Road Studios
Magdalen Road Studios received an OxFutures grant to install LED lighting, insulation, and infrared heaters to make the space a more welcoming environment for artists and visitors. The project Following a free energy assessment, Magdalen Road Studios – an arts charity run for the benefit of the community – learnt that by upgrading their lighting…
ARK-T
Oxford Community Arts charity receives funding for energy efficiency improvements. The Site The Ark-T Centre site consists of a main hall, café with a small commercial kitchen, arts studio, music studio and offices. They have two sites based near Templars Square in Cowley suitable for a variety of purposes including classes, meetings, and celebrations. The…
The Mix
The Mix received an OxFutures grant from GreenFund to install an electric heating system to make the space a more welcoming temperature for users. The Mix offers skills workshops, upcycling activities, resource swaps, repair cafes, meetings and information; as well as hosting hot-desking and local groups. It aims to provide practical ways to live more…
Dean Court Community Centre
Dean Court Community Centre received an OxFutures grant to help install 10KwP of Solar PV panels and a 13.5KwH Tesla storage ‘powerwall’ battery. The centre first opened its doors to the public in 2014; since then it has acted as the physical “home” of Dean Court Community Association (DCCA) and provides a venue for a…
St Hilda’s College
St Hilda’s College received an OxFutures grant to help install LED lighting, fabric upgrades, and radiator valves. St Hilda’s College comprises buildings built from 1790 to 1995. The estate consists of one main site in the centre of Oxford with a number of remote student accommodation blocks in East Oxford. Heating is primarily by gas…
Duns Tew Village Hall
Duns Tew Village Hall received an OxFuture grant from GreenFund to install a variety of energy efficiency upgrades. The Duns Tew Village Hall building was originally constructed as a schoolhouse in 1870 and later repurposed as the village hall. The space is in use for an average of 15 hours per week for a variety…
The Rug Shed
The Rug Shed received an OxFutures energy assessment and grant to install LED lighting in their shopfront. The Rug Shed sources and stocks a wide selection of handmade rugs from around the world. Their showroom in Henley-on-Thames is a ground floor retail unit in a 1900s building with floor to ceiling windows and doors at the…
Lady Sew and Sew
Lady Sew and Sew received an OxFutures energy assessment and grant to carry out a plethora of energy efficiency measures. Lady Sew and Sew, a sewing and crafting company based in Oxfordshire, has been making strides towards reducing its energy consumption and carbon footprint. They have implemented a range of energy efficiency measures, including the…
Equipping Children to Embed Cycling in their Lives
If you are looking for a grant project that encourages children to love cycling at an early stage and can be replicated in your community, then this is it. We were delighted to award a large grant to Sustainable Wantage from the Low Carbon Hub Community Grants Fund in March 2022. Sustainable Wantage engaged with…
OxFutures
A legacy story: Creating a thriving zero-carbon economy in Oxfordshire The OxFutures programme has created a step-change in the growth of Oxfordshire’s low-carbon economy, driving a pioneering transformation at a business, academic and innovation level. Using the skills, knowledge, and resources of its six partner organisations in concert has led to powerful local impacts, which…
Cosy Homes Oxfordshire
A retrofit service for cosier, healthier, more energy efficient homes Cosy Homes Oxfordshire is a home eco-retrofit project that launched in early 2019 to help make homes across Oxfordshire more energy efficient – reducing their energy demand – and at the same time improving the comfort and health of residents. It is a partnership project…
Action on Carbon and Energy in Schools
An energy efficiency support service to help schools in Oxfordshire carry out energy saving measures.
Project LEO
Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire) is an ambitious, wide-ranging and innovative trial, seeking to accelerate the UK’s transition to a zero-carbon energy system. This collaborative project aims to provide the evidence needed to support the policy changes and investment needed to create the technological, financial and social conditions for successful systemic change. Project LEO is:…
Project RED – Reducing Energy in Didcot Red Alert!
A community response to the climate emergency red alert In early 2020, in response to the Town Council declaring a climate emergency, Sustainable Didcot applied for and received a large grant from the Low Carbon Hub to help the community investigate ways to lower energy usage and carbon emissions on the path to achieve zero…
Abingdon Carbon Cutters: Low Carbon Hub small grant of £500
Promoting Cycling in Abingdon May 2022 Low Carbon Hub were pleased to award a small grant of £500 to Abingdon Carbon Cutters for an imaginative project that aims to involve young people in an initiative to promote cycling and active travel in Abingdon. Our Community Grant Fund offers financial support for community energy activities across…
Rose Hill Housing Rooftop Solar
Our first local authority rooftop solar PV array Ashhurst Way is a new block of flats in Rose Hill, Oxford. They are owned by Oxford City Council and were built by Oxford City Housing Ltd (OCHL). The Low Carbon Hub agreed prior to construction to purchase the completed rooftop solar PV system of 107 panels…
Improving accessibility and on-site engagement at Osney Lock Hydro
Osney Lock Hydro and West Oxford Community Renewables were each awarded a small grant of £500 to go towards landscaping the existing site surrounding Osney Lock Hydro. The city of Oxford has a deep bond with the entwining River Thames and tributaries and it’s wonderful to see the community of West Oxford working with the…
“Growing in the face of challenge” – Rose Hill tree planting
A short film about the Tree Planting and Community Orchard project from Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon. The film was made with a Small Grant of £500 from Low Carbon Hub Community Grants Fund. Low Carbon Hub were delighted to award Rose Hill & Iffley Low Carbon (RHILC) a small grant of £500 in…Ray Valley Solar
The largest community-owned ground mount solar park in the UK. In July 2022 Ray Valley Solar was connected to the national electricity grid. The largest community-owned solar park in the UK is commissioned and starts generating clean energy. Low Carbon Hub’s first ground mount solar park Ray Valley Solar is Low Carbon Hub’s first ground…
Sustainable Charlbury: Greener Healthier Homes
Sustainable Charlbury successfully applied for a £5000 large grant from the Low Carbon Hub’s Community Grants programme to assess the energy efficiency and heat loss of a group of homes in Charlbury. The tests on The Green are part of a much bigger, long term project to build up a picture of the energy efficiency…
Coalition For Healthy Streets And Active Travel: creating accessible, attractive, and people-friendly streets
Coalition For Healthy Streets And Active Travel (CoHSAT) project summary The Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel (CoHSAT) is a group of voluntary and campaigning organisations working across Oxfordshire to create attractive, accessible and people-friendly streets. They are working to promote efficient, active, low carbon and sustainable travel, which will reduce traffic, air pollution…
Hook Norton Community Housing: building affordable, sustainable homes for the local community
Hook Norton Community Housing With our population growing, we need to ensure we have enough homes for all. However, many new housing developments build homes which are not affordable for everyone, and which don’t take sustainability into account. Hook Norton Low Carbon are tackling this issue head-on in their own community, designing and developing a…
West Witney Primary School
West Witney Primary School was our 31st solar school, with 108 solar PV panels owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. Installed at no cost to the school, the scheme is one of the projects supported by the Low Carbon Hub’s 2019 Community Energy Fund share offer. The panels have an installed capacity of 30kWp and…
Langford Village Community School
Langford Village Community Primary School was our 30th solar school, with 103 solar PV panels owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. The school is a large primary school on the edge of Bicester in North Oxfordshire with 465 pupils, aged 3 to 11, in 16 classes. The school was built in 1996 and extended…
KidsCAN: empowering children to take action on climate change
KidsCAN (Climate Action Network) My normally tight-lipped 9-year-old admitted one evening last year that she had been feeling really scared because she had used too much glue stick at school, and she understood (she said, from the teacher) that as a result her children will all die in 2050. MIM SAXLLow Carbon West Oxford Children…
CTG
CTG, the Banbury-based site of UTC Aerospace Systems, is host to the UK’s biggest community-owned rooftop solar array. Low Carbon Hub initially installed 2,590 solar pv panels, generating 593,304 kWh of clean electricity per year. This was enough to power 150 homes and avoid 5,800 tonnes of CO2 entering the atmosphere, over the 20 years…
Thames Travel
In 2013, Oxford Bus Company was the Low Carbon Hub’s very first community-owned solar PV installation. We have since expanded from this single rooftop to a significant renewable energy portfolio working with schools, businesses and community organisations across Oxfordshire. In 2019, it was fantastic to work with Thames Travel, another subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group…
Prodrive
Prodrive, a British engineering company, partnered with the Low Carbon Hub to host a large solar installation. A grand total of 2,446 solar panels was installed to help the company reduce their carbon footprint and energy bills and to generate funds to benefit local communities. The solar array is owned and maintained by the Low…
Oxford Bus Company
In 2013, the Oxford Bus Company became the first Oxfordshire business to develop a community-benefit renewables project with the Low Carbon Hub; a commitment that led to them being commended by the Prime Minister. The company prides itself on delivering a low emission and low carbon service: 43% of the company’s fleet is electric-hybrid, the…
Owen Mumford
We originally bought 30 kWp of solar panels which had previously been commissioned by Owen Mumford – a medical device manufacturer – at their Woodstock site. We then extended the site to add a further 20 kWp of solar panels, which was completed in March 2014. At the same time, we installed a new set of…
Norbar
We have worked with Norbar Torque Tools Ltd to install just over 1MW of rooftop solar PV at their site in Banbury. This makes it Low Carbon Hub’s largest community-owned rooftop solar PV array. This project provides clean, green electricity for Norbar and their tenants, cuts carbon emissions and benefits the wider community because all…
Kirtlington Village Hall: solar panel battery
In 2019 Sustainable Kirtlington undertook a project to install 32 solar pv panels onto the roof of Kirtlington Village Hall. They initially applied for one of our Low Carbon Hub large grants, which allowed them to carry out an initial feasibility study, to see if the Hall roof was suitable for having solar pv panels installed.…
West Oxford: ‘Street By Street’ Project
Street by Street was a project run by Low Carbon West Oxford in 2018, engaging with householders on three chosen streets in West Oxford to help them reduce their home energy use and cut their carbon emissions. A quarter of all the UK’s carbon emissions are from the energy we use to heat and power…
Watchfield Village Hall solar panels
Westmill Sustainable Trust (WeSET) and Watchfield Village Hall worked together to install 10.14 kWp of solar PV panels on the village hall roof. WeSET was one of the last community groups to successfully pre-register a solar PV array under the old Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rates, enabling it to generate not only green electricity, but also…
Kirtlington Village Hall: Water Heaters
Kirtlington Village Hall wanted to save energy by replacing their old large water tank with instant water heaters. The old tank was often heated just for a few small uses by people using the hall and so was wasting energy. By installing instant water heaters, hot water is now quickly available to groups using the…
St Andrew’s Church: Under Floor Heating
St Andrew’s Church in Sandford on Thames replaced their old overhead electric radiant heaters with underfloor heating, fuelled from three 110 metre deep boreholes. This project has provided the Church with a source of sustainable energy to heat this ancient listed building. The Sandford Hydro CIC worked closely with the Church’s Vicar and parishioners to…
Powering Down East Oxford
Four sustainability groups based in East Oxford came together to deliver an energy reduction project, aiming to raise awareness and educate local households about energy efficiency in the home. This was done by using thermal imaging equipment to demonstrate where energy was currently being lost from houses, costing them excess money and unnecessarily increasing carbon…
Warming Barton: Domestic external wall insulation
Oxford has 12 areas that are among the 20% most deprived in England, one of which is Barton (OX3) to the east of the city (Oxford City Council, March 2013). Low Carbon Hub partnered with Oxford City Council to run a pilot scheme in Barton to improve the energy efficiency of homes in Barton, helping to reduce…
Sandford Hydro
Investors in Sandford Lock Hydro have helped return the Lasher Weir on the Thames to its historic role as a provider of clean energy. The hydro scheme generates a huge 1.6 GWh of renewable electricity per year, which is the equivalent demand for 500+ households — or most of Sandford! The Sandford Lock hydroelectric plant…
Eynsham Village Hall and St Peters Church
Eynsham Village Hall and St Peters Church was our very first Low Carbon Hub community project, conducted during 2012. Solar panels were installed on the village hall (12.65kW) and on the adjoining presbytery of St Peter’s Church (6kW). Low Carbon Hub worked closely with local low carbon group, Transition Eynsham (Eynsham GreenTEA) to deliver the project.…
Osney Lock Hydro
Osney Island is a 200-household riverside community in west Oxford. Osney Lock Hydro was set up by a group of local residents to enable the development of the first community-owned hydro scheme to be built on the Thames. It became fully operational in May 2015, generating clean electricity for the equivalent of 50 households, and a…
Wykham Park Academy
Formerly Banbury Academy Wykham Park Academy (formerly Banbury Academy) already had 50kWp of solar installed at the site when we were put in touch with them. This became owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub, and we installed an additional 100kWp solar array. Energy reports Could your school be a solar school? If you work in…
Wood Green School
Wood Green Secondary School in Witney had 200 solar panels installed on their roof, owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. The school has around 1000 pupils, and had already been doing great work engaging them in environmental issues through eco days and competitions. As well as achieving Eco Schools silver flag status, one of…
Windmill Primary School
Windmill Primary School is based in Headington, and is a larger primary school, teaching 570 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11. Windmill Primary has had huge academic success in recent years, with Headmistress Lynn Knapp taking the school from being rated inadequate in 2007 to being one of a handful of Oxford primary…
Wheatley Park School
We installed 195 solar PV panels on Wheatley Park School’s maths and english blocks, generating 42,437kWh of clean electricity per year, to power the school. The scheme is saving 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, as well as helping to educate the school’s 1005 pupils on climate change and the role of renewable energy.…
West Kidlington Primary School
West Kidlington Primary School had 22.5kWp of solar installed in collaboration with Low Carbon Hub. Each year, it generates 18,099kWh of clean electricity to power the school, saving 6.8 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. In addition to this, the installation also benefits their 375 pupils, offering a chance to increase their understanding about climate change, energy, and…
Thomas Reade Primary School
Thomas Reade Primary School was our first solar school project in Abingdon. We installed 48.62kWp of solar pv panels, which generate 40,981 kWh of clean electricity per year to power the school. The scheme also saves 20 tonnes of CO₂ every year. The project was strongly supported by the headteacher, John Serle, and gives the…
The Warriner School
At 106.25kWp with 424 solar panels, The Warriner School’s solar PV scheme is one of our largest Low Carbon Hub installations. The scheme was up and running for the start of the Autumn 2014 term and generates 42,437kWh clean electricity per year, powering the school and saving 20 tonnes of CO₂ annually. The school, situated the rural…
Stonesfield Primary School
Right in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside, Stonesfield Primary is generating 33,526kWh of clean, green electricity every year. This will save 300 tonnes of CO2 over the projects lifetime, as well as help cut the school’s energy bills and teach the pupils about renewable energy. The busy school had already been doing great work engaging…
Sonning Common Primary School
Sonning Common Primary School was the 25th Low Carbon Hub Solar School, with 84 solar pv panels installed which are owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. The school is a OCC Maintained School located in South Oxfordshire and is home to almost 400 pupils The solar panels generate 20,320 kWh of clean electricity every…
St Barnabas Church of England Primary School
This project, to install 110 solar panels on the rooftop of St Barnabas Church of England Primary School, was bought forward by Oxford North Community Renewables (ONCORE), with assistance from us to fund legal costs in order to make the project happen. The school, based in Jericho, now generates 24,750kWh clean electricity each year, saving…
Sir William Ramsay Academy
Sir William Ramsay Academy in Buckinghamshire joined our solar schools scheme, installing 200 solar panels which are owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. Located in Hazlemere near High Wycombe, the secondary school teaches around 1000 pupils from year seven through to sixth form. The school’s solar panels were funded as part of a community share…
Rose Hill Primary School
Rose Hill Primary School teaches over 370 children from nursery through to the age of 11. The school is at the heart of one of Oxford’s regeneration areas and is working hard in challenging circumstances to provide nurturing support and quality teaching. We were delighted to work with them to provide green energy, valuable cost…
Orchard Fields Community School
Orchard Fields Community School in Banbury became a Low Carbon hub solar school, with 399 solar pv panels installed on their rooftop – owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. Situated in Bretch Hill estate and with over 350 pupils, Orchard Fields is at the heart of a large community and prides itself on engaging…
Nettlebed School
Nettlebed School was ideally suited for a solar project, with a new school building with a perfect roof, and very committed environmental ethos within the school. Contact was initiated by their eco-campion, Lucy Papworth, and the school Governors and Headteacher were very supportive of the idea. The solar project is now helping to inspire their 130…
Middle Barton School
Middle Barton School is based in the heart of the countryside in north Oxfordshire. When they contacted us with an interest in installing solar, the school already had a great track record of environmental consciousness, having CO₂ achieved the Eco-Schools silver status. Unfortunately the project was constrained by the amount of available, suitable roof space and…
Long Furlong Primary School
Long Furlong Primary School is based in Abingdon, and teaches over 200 primary children. We worked with them to install 114 solar panels on their roof, generating 26,130 kWh of clean electricity every year to help power the school and reduce energy bills. At the same time, the panels help to educate the pupils about…
Longfields Primary and Nursery School
Longfields Primary and Nursery School was our 28th solar school, with solar panels owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. The 176 solar panels provide around one third of the energy used at the school and save almost 20 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. Installed at no cost to the school, the scheme is…
Langtree School
Langtree School was our first solar school installation of 2016, with 384 solar panels installed on the school’s rooftop – owned and managed by Low Carbon Hub. Two thirds of the panels are installed on the sports hall, and one third on their flat school roof. Langtree school have looked extensively at options to reduce…
Fir Tree Junior School
Fir Tree Junior School in Wallingford had 34.50 kWp of solar installed on their rooftop in partnership with Low Carbon Hub, generating 27,600 kWh clean electricity per year and saving well over 250 tonnes of CO2 over the project life. The scheme will also help educate and benefit 180 pupils, teaching them about energy, climate change, and the role of…
Edward Feild Primary School
Edward Feild Primary and Foundation Stage School in Kidlington had 16kWp of solar PV installed in partnership with Low Carbon Hub, generating over 15,000kWh clean electricity per year and saving over 6 tonnes of carbon annually. The school had already been doing great work engaging pupils with environmental issues. The school were awarded Eco-Schools Silver Award…
Didcot Girls’ School
The Low Carbon Hub installed 192 solar panels, with a total capacity of 49.92kWp, at Didcot Girls’ School in September 2016. They will save 358 tonnes of CO2 over their lifetime. Could your school be a solar school? If you work in a school in Oxfordshire, and you’re interested in finding out more about how your school could work with us to…
Chilton Primary School
Chilton County Primary is generating over 26,000 kWh of clean electricity per year as part of Low Carbon Hub’s solar schools scheme. The school will save over 230 tonnes of CO2 over the project’s lifetime. The school already had a proud environmental record, as one of only a few schools with the Eco-Schools Green Flag status…
Cherwell School
Low Carbon Hub were delighted to provide some support to community energy group Oxford North Community Renewables (ONCORE) during the development of this project to install solar panels on the roof of Cherwell School – sharing our financial models with them. This installation will generate over 28,000 kWh of green electricity annually. Could your school…
Cheney School
Right in the heart of Oxford, Cheney School had 362 solar panels installed on their rooftop in partnership with Low Carbon Hub. The panels are split across three metal roofs, generating 77,378kWh per year of clean electricity to help power the school. The scheme will save 36.4 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually. Further, the solar…
Charlbury Primary School
Charlbury Primary School had 96 solar panels installed on their rooftop, in partnership with Low Carbon Hub. The 96 panels on the school roof will generate 21,312kWh clean electricity per year and save 10 tonnes of CO₂ per year. The school had already been doing great work engaging pupils with environmental issues. The school is part of…
Bure Park Primary School
Based in Bicester with 366 pupils, the school pupils, management and Governing teams at Bure Park Primary School already had a great environmental track record , achieving Bronze and Silver Eco-Schools flags. The school had previously explored solar for several years – but had been unable to find a way of completing the project. We were therefore delighted…
Brookside Primary School
Brookside Primary School in Bicester is meeting almost 30% of their electricity needs from 147 solar panels installed on their roof in partnership with Low Carbon Hub. They were our 29th solar school installation, joining 28 other schools across the county who are benefitting from cheaper energy bills as they receive discounted green electricity produced…
Larkrise Primary School
In 2014, Low Carbon Hub connected with Larkrise school via local Councillor John Tanner, who was a supporter of our scheme – and also a Governor at the school. Six months later, we’d helped the school install 78 solar panels, which were generating clean electricity to power the school. The school has a proud environmental…
Botley School
Botley School, close to the centre of Oxford, had already demonstrated its environmental credentials, successfully attaining their bronze Eco-Schools status, before they decided to work with us to install solar panels on their rooftops. We worked with them to install 170 solar panels on their roof, generating 40,508 kWh of clean electricity every year to…